You can keep Vick; we don't want him

The CFL no longer accepts players under suspension by the NFL. We'll call it the Tricky Ricky Rule ...

http://calsun.canoe.ca/Sports/Football/2007/08/23/4440181-sun.html
Forget about Michael Vick playing in the Canadian Football League.

Vick's speed and sprint-out style look ideal for the CFL, but the Atlanta Falcons quarterback at the centre of dogfighting charges will not be allowed to play in Canada if -- as expected he is suspended by the NFL.

A rule approved by the CFL in the off-season bars clubs from signing players who are under suspension in the NFL. The rule was adopted in response to the Toronto Argonauts' signing last season of running back Ricky Williams, who was serving a one-year suspension for drugs.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is expected to wait until Vick enters his plea in court Monday before deciding whether to suspend the quarterback. He has been barred from the Falcons' training camp, and Goodell has asked the club not to take any action until the league makes its ruling.

It is uncertain whether an NFL suspension would run concurrently with any prison term or take effect after he is released.